Motel Mozaique
Each year Motel Mozaïque organises several special cultural events such as the (inter)nationally respected Motel Mozaïque festival which offer a mix of pop music, dance, theatre and visual arts. At various indoor venues in Rotterdam distinctive programmes are presented. Motel Mozaïque showcases new and upcoming movements in different art disciplines, and the crossovers between.
Visitors are given the opportunity to stay the night in a playful, exciting way. Locations are turned into a real motel, where guests can sleep and an artist collective will take care of breakfast and other special items.
Motel Mozaïque was created during Rotterdam 2001, Cultural Capital of Europe. Initiator of the festival is Harry Hamelink. The editorial team scouts and invites artists and performers who show in their work, in addition to warmth and quality, that they are open minded. Also artists create beds in various places in the city and visitors are taken by guides to the program components that they themselves have not yet discovered.
The next edition of the MOMO Festival will be held on 18-20 April 2024.
Former guests
Highlights 2023 – 2011
Ichiko Aoba, Big Thief, Naaz, Black Country New Road, Yard Act, Sad Night Dynamite, STIKSTOF, Balimaya Project, Meskerem Mees, Sylvie Kreusch, Jockstrap, Eefje de Visser, Apparat, Panda Bear, Nilufer Yanya, Fontaines D.C., Melania de Biasio, Yussef Dayes, black midi, WArd/waRD – Ann Van den Broek, 155, SOHN, Tamino, Amenra, Songhoy Blues, Nakhane, J. Bernardt, Tshegue, Th’ Line, Thundercat, Zebra Katz, SHAME, Joep Beving, The Slow Show, Warhaus, Bart Hess, Cecilia Bengolea & François Chaignaud, Amos Ben-Tal & Spinvis, iET & Conny Janssen Danst, Damien Jurado, Marlon Williams, Protomartyr, Andray Day, Dario Tortorelli, De Dansers, The Notwist, Kate Tempest, Villagers, The Staves, Will Butler, Temples, Asgeir, Jungle, George Ezra, Kurt Vile, Wild Beasts, Larry Gus, Hauschka, Angel Olsen, Ivo Dimchev, Florentijn Hofman, Jaga Jazzist & Rotterdam Sinfonia, Patrick Watson, Soap&Skin, Django Django, Balthazar, Blaudzun, Fink, The Maccabees, Jose Gonzalez & Orchestra, Belle & Sebastian, James Blake, Lykke Li a.o.
Highlights 2010 – 2001
Mumford & Sons, Ben Howard, James Vincent McMorrow, Band Of Horses, Angus & Julia Stone, The Gaslamp Killer, Mulatu Astatke, Fever Ray, Fuck Buttons, Midlake, The Whitest Boy Alive, Nico Muhly, dEUS, Trentemoller, Goldfrapp, Efterklang, CocoRosie, LCD Soundsystem, Scissor Sisters, Antony & The Johnsons, Will Oldham (Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy), Nancy Sinatra, Joanna Newsom, Arthur Lee, The Kills, Feist, The Libertines, Peaches, Carina Molier, Benji Reid, Zita Swoon, Abattoir Fermé, !!!, A Silver Mt. Zion, Kung Fu, PONI, Observatorium, Bliss, Madeleine Berkhemer, Michael Spencer Jones, Gotan Project, Múm, Sigurdur Gudmundsson, Emiliana Torrini, Atelier van Lieshout, Dré Wapenaar, Mogwai, Villanella / Hanneke Paauwe, The Veils, Amon Tobin, 2ManyDJ’s a.o.